Who are these men?

Who are they portraying?

Why would Oliver Twist be showing up on a slide in a class about

investigative reporting?

What role did investigative reporters play in the Vietnam War?

The Jungle

Why are we showing you this picture?

Welcome to Advanced Reporting where you will think, challenge

yourself and possibly, challenge others.

Today

• News service explanation – Alyssa Lenhoff and Tim Francisco

• Syllabus review – Tim Francisco• History and significance of investigative reporting –

Alyssa Lenhoff• Details –

– Textbook– Equipment– Website– Lab hours– Subscriptions– Email and phone

News Service

• Concept

• Stories

• Expectations

• Operating procedures and policies

• Equipment lending

• LINK:

News service explanation

• A lot of hard work.

• One incredible opportunity.

• Joint venture

• Details critical

• Professional networking to an extreme

Syllabus Explanation

• Syllabus for Advanced Reporting – Tim Francisco

Investigative reporting today

• investigative reporting changed over time..• Sometimes mobilizing role by activating the public to takeactions against wrongdoings.• Sometimes, just set the agendas without any activationpurpose.• Current conditions forcing investigative journalism to take different position today.

- Financial necessities- corporate ownership

• Greater need today.

What is investigative reporting?

• Simply, investigative reporting is good reporting.

• It’s also reporting with a purpose with change or reform as the ultimate goal.

History of investigative reporting

• Benjamin Harris, the publisher of the first public newspaper, Publick Occurrences.

• In an only issue of Publick Occurrences on September• 25, 1690, Harris portrayed the torture of French

prisoners by Indians who were allies of the• British Army. The British authorities took Harris’ printing

license before he published his second issue.• Harris highlighted specific evidence of misconduct, and

questioned the established public policy.

More history of investigative reporting

• In the 1700s, the New England Courant attacked the Puritan church authorities for beginning a smallpox inoculation program he opposed.

• In 1735, John Peter Zenger was tried and convicted for seditious libel for uncovering corruption in the administration of New York’s Royal Governor William Cosby.

More history…

• Penny Press in 1930s made it easier for newspapers to spread their work. Investigative journalism grew during this time period.

• Partisan press changing; newspaper publishers began using their papers for their own ideals regardless of political party affiliation.

And still more history

• Key time for investigative reporting was the 1900s in America.

• Industrial revolution

• Large number of immigrants

And even more

• Muckrakers – Exposed corruption, crime, waste, and

brutality – Had sense of social sensibility– Wanted public to take action– Often resulted in reforms

And more history

• Back to our first slides for a moment:

The Jungle

Why are we showing you this picture?

Why would Oliver Twist be showing up on a slide in a class about

investigative reporting?

Applying knowledge

• This is your first opportunity to apply what we’ve just been discussing.

• Take five minutes and write down why you think these slides – the meat packing plant and Oliver Twist would be in our first day’s lecture.

Discussion

• The Jungle – What was it all about? What kind of journalism was this? What motivated it? How was it reported? Why did it matter?

• Oliver Twist – What about the plot of this story would have been appropriate and likely for investigative reporting? Why?

Back to history

• One other development in the 1900s inspired media organizations to embrace investigative reporting:– Growing number of newspapers and readers

and media executives’ desires to distinguish their product.

Classic muckrakers

• Ida Tarbell – Standard Oil, The Rockefellers.

• What she did is the classic model.

• What did she do?

Ida Tarbell

• Took on the powerful

• Stood up for those without power

• Exposed wrongdoing

• Stood up to criticism

• Called badly needed attention to incredible outrage

History becomes definition

• Investigative reporting has earned its definition through practice

- Some have called investigative reporting the “reporting of outrage.”

• Ned Chilton: “Sustained Outrage.”

- Ashland Oil.

- Consolidated Investment Scandal

History shapes profession and individuals

• Vietnam War

• Watergate

Applying theory and history

• So, back to this slide

What role did investigative reporters play in the Vietnam War?

Vietnam War

• We were a little young, but this reporting still influenced us and clearly shaped a nation into action and social protest – reporting about injustices, missteps etc. associated with the war.

And now this slide

Who are these men?

Who are they portraying?

Role of Watergate

• Motivated an entire generation of reporters.

• Changed society’s expectations for conduct of public officials.

Personal motivation

• In work and life, we all are motivated by what we see, hear and experience.

• This is clearly true for you.

• You need to be reading, watching and listening to great investigative reporting in order to be successful in this class and in the profession of journalism.

Suggestions

• Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read. Read.

Suggestions

• Read what?

- Anything.

But at a minimum:

The Vindicator, The New York Times and any other newspapers.

Suggestions

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

• Watch. Watch. Watch. Watch.

Watch what?

• Anything. But at a minimum: 60 Minutes.

Suggestions

• Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.

• Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listen.

Listen to What? And Whom?

• Us.

• Your neighbors.

• Your family.

• People you see in Kilcawley.

• People you see anywhere.

• NPR – All Things Considered.

Story

• By next week, you will be assigned one of these stories.

• You will be working in pairs of two.

• Your partner for the first story is the one sitting to your right.

• We will let you select which story you would like from the list. The list will change regularly. Check back often.

Next week

• Come to class having read, watched and listened.

• You will be applying that knowledge. (No more clues.)